Books

A hero of war and peace or a traitor to the Arabs and their cause? A faithful president or an enemy of Islamists? The president who reclaimed Sinai or the one who celebrated a symbolic recovery of the lands of 1967? The hero of...

Ismail Pasha - Some considered him a disaster for Egypt, while others considered him a great reformer, but in the end, he was the only one who was called "the Great." This book is a biography of Ismail Pasha, the first Khedive, the grandson...

Faces that have graced Egypt's history, shaping the land of Egypt as we know it today: a pivotal state in its importance, rich in its past, and fascinating in its stories. Prominent figures of pioneering personalities, whose passages shaped the details of a chronological...

I'm from a village called Hawara, where the stars are countless. Our parents warned us as children not to stare at them, lest warts grow on our skin. As for me, I would get lost in counting them... There, the sky was close, and...

In the 1960s, names we know little about shone. An entire generation of people who dreamed, produced, and struggled, each in their own way in this part of the world, a place of endless labor. Some carried a rifle, some waved a pen, and...

A book in which Mounir Abu Asali recounts his journey in the educational field, where he "carried out education as a bet for construction, with knowledge, conscience, methodology, determination, transparency, and commitment to the ethics of duty. He boldly, bravely, and steadfastly confronted the...

This book addresses four problems that plague and undermine Arab societies: the ambiguity and confusion surrounding concepts related to Arab nationalism and Islam; the ongoing tension and alienation between secular and Islamist movements, and the factors preventing the emergence of an effective civil state...

Through documents revealed for the first time, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe provides concrete evidence that the 1967 war was not the inevitable result of escalating tensions between Israel and both Syria and Egypt, as the well-known historical narrative suggests. The speed with which the...

A story of love and resilience in the face of injustice. In this book, Carlos Ghosn recounts his experience of arbitrary arrest and imprisonment in Japan, accused of failing to declare financial compensation he never received, under an unfair penal system that deprived him...

In this book, Frédéric Pierucci, former director of a subsidiary of Alstom's energy company, recounts his experience with the US judiciary in one of the most serious corruption cases that shook public opinion worldwide. This text, co-authored with journalist Mathieu Aron, explores the methods...

One of the most important means by which Arabs were introduced to aspects of European civilization in the nineteenth century was their travels to the West. Some travelers described their observations there and documented their impressions, which were read by some of their fellow...

Tales from the past and the present, the stories of 25 outstanding women from the East will be an inspiration and role model for you and every girl! Travel to the days of legends with the intelligent Queen of Sheba, delve into the world...

The Levant in the Early Islamic Eras (634-1097) - In this study, which was translated into Arabic a quarter of a century after its publication in English (1977), veteran historian Kamal Salibi examines the first five centuries of Islamic rule in the Levant, within...

Lebanon today* is one of the most divided countries. Ironically, however, the Lebanese themselves, Christians and Muslims alike, are fully aware of their shared identity. Accordingly, through this work, author Kamal Salibi reexamines the historical myths that the conflicting factions in his country have...

In "The Origins of Lebanon's History," veteran historian Kamal Salibi examines the various local, regional, and external factors that led to the emergence of Lebanon within its current borders. He thus transforms Lebanon's historical image from a myth, which lacks national consensus, to a...

"A History of the Arab Peoples" is the most famous book by the late Lebanese historian and academic Albert Hourani (published in 1991). In it, he presents various aspects and trends of Arab and Islamic civilization, in the fields of philosophy, Sufism, literature, history,...

Faced with the rising star of Europe beginning in the nineteenth century, Arab and Muslim thinkers became interested in studying the reasons for European progress versus the reasons for the backwardness of Islamic societies. They explored the topics of Islam and Western modernity, Arab...

This book brings together one hundred television moments, the most important, best, and most famous of Lebanese television over three decades... from the moment of its founding in 1959, to the early experiences of the sixties, the good old days of the seventies, the...

A woman's tongue is her sword, they used to say. This is a time when words are no longer enough. Women's liberation and the shift in their position in the family and society have been accompanied by an increase in their independence and responsibilities,...

You certainly allocate a large portion of your budget to purchasing face, body, and hair care products. These products flooding the market are expensive, not to mention commercial and manufactured. This book will save you money and your skin from synthetic chemicals. It offers...

This book reveals, for the first time, the mystery of life in the spirit world after death on Earth. Hypnotherapist Dr. Michael Newton has developed his own hypnotic technique to access his patients' deeply buried memories of the afterlife. The resulting narrative represents a...

In this book, sixty-seven people, like you and me, have recovered, through hypnosis, memories of past lives. The details of these sessions, which Dr. Newton lists here, reveal the structures of an entire, integrated universe encompassing souls striving, through their reincarnations on Earth, to...

This book, which delves into the feeling of maternal regret, is the first of its kind, shedding light on a sensitive and controversial issue that is more common than we think. It also examines aspects of motherhood that have not been previously explored. This...

There are numerous books that address the topic of self-love and self-confidence from various angles, but this innovative guide stands out from the rest. It comes down to a very clear and realistic truth: self-love is not enough; rather, it is more important to...

Adam Lashinsky reveals the leadership tactics and strategies that enabled Steve Jobs and his company to achieve success after success, creating a series of products that conquered the world. He also features numerous interviews that reveal new information about Apple's genius and its plan...

Self-made is a term that entered the world of business economics, and its use quickly became widespread, becoming a slogan for many management strategies and a symbol of talent, smart work, and success. In her book, "Who Are the Self-Made People, and Are You...

Richard Reeves and John Neale have distilled the greatest ideas and most important issues in business so you don't have to. They highlight leadership, sustainability, ethics, community building, corporate culture, and finance in a way that will make you pause and reflect. The 80-Minute...

When he learned to descend the stairs alone, he became the spectacle of the women in the building. They would run their palms through his curly hair, feed him lemon slices, or invite him to eat cups of muhallabia or rice pudding in their...

I am Siroun the Armenian, the agent of humiliation in the desert. All I remember are ages of wandering, humiliation, dissolution, and death. All I have in my body is the smell of semen, graves, pus, and coagulated blood. I am the corpse born...

This is arguably the first Lebanese novel about the August 4, 2020, explosion. The main events take place an hour before the horrific blast, but the victims' suffering could have lasted much longer. In a novel based on a meticulous time management, we read...